Copperbelt University

Directorate of Distance Education and Open Learning

Master of Science Project management.

How To Manage Projects

Project
Upgrading Sachibondu Rural Health Center to Sachibondu Level 3 Missions Hospital

By

Kasaro Trevor Chulu

SIN: 20900441

Lecturer: Dr Shelly

25th January 2021

The team selection criteria will be according to that prescribed by Belbin Associates (2014)
where project team roles are divided in nine groups which are further categorised in three
broad classes i.e social,thinking and action in addtion the team building process will be
consistent the model prescribed by Tuckman (1965) which suggest that a team must first take
stages before tranfornig from a grom in to a performing team Which stages are , Forming ,
Storming,Norming ,Performing and the adjourning.This is an attempt to bring pespective to
the fact that no one is perfect and hence the need to balance the team so that the deficiency on
on member of the team is balanced by the streangth and experties of the other (Locke, E.A.
1968)
The Team will Consist of.
I) Client
II) Consultant
III) Architect
IV) Contractor
V) Subcontractors

The Roles of the team member will be according to their relevance to the realisation of the
project’s objective.

I) The Clients-these being the owners of the project they will be responseble
defining the aesthetics and functional needs of the hospital building project.
II) The Consultant-these will employ their experties to asses risk and building
functionality requirements.
III) Architects and Engeneeres -they will liase with contractors establish the hospitals
perfomance specification and define specialist requirement.
IV) Contractors-selects the group of sub-contractors based on capability ,availabilty
and price.inaddition the contractors will be responseble to interpret requirements
of the design team and finally the contractors will oversee and manage the
construction of the hospital.
V) Sub-Contractors-The will decide the product based based on specification and
installation fact.the will also be resposible for selecting the ssupply of goodd and
materials based on delivery,location and supply.

The Building of the Hospital will take all the five phases of a project (initiation,pre-
Construction ,Project execution, project monitoring and closure.)

1. Initiation.This is the phase of the project where the concept and perception of the
project is visiualised(Locke, E.A. 1968).The main expectation of this this stage is to
have the feasibility of the construction of the hospital examined.Also documents such
as financial budgets and market analysis are worked out.inaddition,reseach must be
carried out during this phase for the location of the building and there must be clear
establishment of stardards that signals the the completion of the project.Further more
the Project manager will have to in this pahse communicate the needs of the projectto
the stakeholders and the contract documents will have to be completed during this
pahse.
 2. Pre-Cosntruction (Planing Phase )This phase will deal the deployment of a team
equiped for the setting plans to guide the team about various phases of the
construction.the main expectation of this phase is to identfy and document the scope
of the construction project,Budget,tasks,schedules ,costs quality and allied project
requirement Brooks, I. (2009). Also to be achieved in this phase is site examination
and soil testing and assembly of every necessary material.

3. Project Execution-The expectation of this phase is to construct the hospppital as per

drawing ,plan and specification at the best quality level included in paper documents
within the budget,schedule and scope contrained and accepted by the client (Brooks,
I. 2009)

4. Project Monitoring-This phase tests all buildings and systems fix any error,train
buiding owners personel on how to operate and maintain the hospital building and
equpment for optmal use.

5. Closure-This is the last phase of the construction and expected in this phase is a post
project review ,achiving of any remaining documentations,update of risk work
register,settle all invoices and memos and warranties and guarantees settled.

For this project,of the three solution selection criteria (Quality,Time and Money) Quality is
the most important and as such the challenge assesment will emphasize much on challenges
that seeks to compromise the quality of the building.The challenges to be assesed will
include.
 Topography of the site, Since the ground provides the basic structure the hospital and
layout of the buiding,the site of the hospital hospital buiding of this magnitude must
not be on a slopy place as this will greatly influence the the integrity of the
building ,therefor,the site for the building should prefarebly be on a flat land and great
consideration should be put in the compaction of the soil much that the site to be
chosen should be one with highly comapcted soil.

 Quality of the Material because the the quality of material will ultimatly determine the
quality of the building,The procurement officer will only be expected to buy high
quality material from trusted companies from the inception upto the end of the
project.

 Integrity of Archtectual Design, Design errors can negatively affect cost ,schedule and
safefty performance of the building,though they cant be completely be
avoided,mesures must be put in place to minise these error to a great degree,these
measures will include having a good overview of the designs themselves and
coordination process , in addition human mistakes must be greatly minimised by
scrutinising the design through different processes.
Reference List

Belbin Associates (2014) Belbin Team Roles [Online].Available

from:http://www.belbin.com/rte.asp?id=8 (Accessed: 30 October 2015).

Tuckman (1965) in Project Management Institute (2013) A guide to the project management
body of knowledge
(PMBOK® Guide).5th ed. Newtown Square, PA: Author. pp.276

Locke, E.A. (1968) “Towards a theory of task motivation and incentives”, Organizational
Behavior and Human Performance, Vol. 3, pp.157 – 189
Brooks, I. (2009) Organisational behaviour: individuals, groups and organisation. 4th ed.
Harlow: Pearson. pp.81.